Sam,

This isn't supposed to be this hard. A new battery seemed to cure my problems with my e-starter and I've had a wonderful time flying it, but now this problem with my brand new slow stick right out of the box.
I'll be sure and let you know if a new motor fixes it.

Oh, by the way, a stip of clear postal tape down the bottom and around the fuse in front of the rudder of your e-starter would be well worth the extra weight. The first time I put mine in hard, the whole tail section broke off at the smallest point of the fuse . I glued it back on and put the tape on it and have flown it 25 - 30 times since, with no problems. I have also put it in pretty hard 4 or 5 times since with no real damage to the plane save for the landing gear. It bends pretty easily. I usually just bend it back and off I go again, well until last night, anyway. I finally broke the cheesy little GWS ultra light wheels on it, so I stole the wheels off my (not so flight ready) Slow Stick and flew it until all batteries were spent. All in all, this plane is really pretty tough.

Buck